Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to the General Peace of 1801 ...R. Phillips, 1804 - World history |
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... attempting new discoveries . At length , however , the period arrived when Providence decreed that men were to pass the limits within which they had so long been con- fined , and open to themselves a more ample field , wherein to ...
... attempting new discoveries . At length , however , the period arrived when Providence decreed that men were to pass the limits within which they had so long been con- fined , and open to themselves a more ample field , wherein to ...
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... attempts . The study of these soothed and inflamed his favourite passion ; and while he contemplated the maps , and read the descriptions of the new countries seen by his father - in - law , his impatience to visit them became ...
... attempts . The study of these soothed and inflamed his favourite passion ; and while he contemplated the maps , and read the descriptions of the new countries seen by his father - in - law , his impatience to visit them became ...
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... attempted or deemed possible , and their prospect of success seemed to be as distant as ever . These reflections occurred often to men who had no other object or occupation than to reflect on the intention and circumstances of their ...
... attempted or deemed possible , and their prospect of success seemed to be as distant as ever . These reflections occurred often to men who had no other object or occupation than to reflect on the intention and circumstances of their ...
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... attempted and achieved , he retired to his cabin , and wrote upon parchment a short account of the voyage which he had made , of the course which he had taken , of the situation and riches of the coun- tries which he had discovered ...
... attempted and achieved , he retired to his cabin , and wrote upon parchment a short account of the voyage which he had made , of the course which he had taken , of the situation and riches of the coun- tries which he had discovered ...
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... attempted in any former age . On the even‐ ing of the same day he had the satisfaction of see- ing the Pinta enter the harbour . The first care of Columbus was to inform the king and queen of his arrival and success . Ferdi- pand nand ...
... attempted in any former age . On the even‐ ing of the same day he had the satisfaction of see- ing the Pinta enter the harbour . The first care of Columbus was to inform the king and queen of his arrival and success . Ferdi- pand nand ...
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Page 32 - The discovery of America, and that of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two greatest and most important events recorded in the history of mankind.
Page 12 - ... of his well-concerted plan; and passing, in the warmth of their admiration, from one extreme to another, they now pronounced the man, whom they had so lately reviled and threatened, to be a person inspired by heaven with sagacity and fortitude more than human, in order to accomplish a design so far beyond the ideas and conception of all former ages.
Page 8 - Canaries ; and many of the sailors, dejected already and dismayed, when they contemplated the boldness of the undertaking, began to beat their breasts and to shed tears, as if they were never more to behold land. Columbus comforted them with assurances of success, and the prospect of vast wealth in those opulent regions whither he was conducting them. This early discovery of the spirit of his followers taught Columbus that he must prepare to struggle not only with the unavoidable...
Page 9 - From secret whispers or murmurings, they proceeded to open cabals and public complaints. They taxed their sovereign with inconsiderate credulity, in paying such regard to the vain promises and rash conjectures of an indigent foreigner, as to hazard the lives of so many of...
Page 244 - With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Page 12 - ... not foresee the consequences. The dress of the Spaniards, the whiteness of their skins, their beards, their arms, appeared strange and surprising. The vast machines in which they had traversed the ocean, that seemed to move upon the waters with wings, and uttered a dreadful sound resembling thunder, accompanied with lightning and smoke, struck them with such terror, that they began to respect theii new guests as a superior order of beings, and concluded that they were children of the Sun, who...
Page 205 - Resolved, That any person who shall, by speaking or writing, assert or maintain that any person or persons, other than the general assembly of this colony, have any right or power to impose or lay any taxation on the people here, shall be deemed an enemy to His Majesty's colony.
Page 124 - Mexicans, that their ancestors came originally from a remote region, and Conquered the provinces now subject to his dominion ; that after they were settled there, the great captain who conducted this colony returned to his own country, promising that at some future period his descendants should visit them, assume the government, and reform their constitution and laws ; that from what he had heard and seen of Cortes and his followers, he was convinced that they were the very persons whose appearance...
Page 5 - After a course of westerly winds, trees torn up by the roots were often driven upon the coasts of the Azores ; and, at one time, the dead bodies of two men with singular features, resembling neither the inhabitants of Europe nor of Africa, were cast ashore there.
Page 10 - It was necessary, on all these accounts, to soothe passions which he could no longer command, and to give way to a torrent too impetuous to be checked. He promised solemnly to his men that he would comply with their request, provided they would accompany him, and obey his commands •for three days longer, and if, during that time, land were not discovered, he would then abandon the enterprise, and direct his course towards Spain...